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The Portland daily press., 1887-04-13
DRESS Innings.

A full assortment of all shades
i'm Dress Innings TO match.
We have "a PRACTICAL DRESS
MAkER in charge of our Lining
Department., and customers can
be sure of correct information.
The Portland daily press., 1887-04-13
LINEN DEPARTMENT.

LINEN DEPARTMENT.
10 pieces soc II. II. Table
Damask 3Sc yd
6 pieces Ga inch Cream
Damask soc yd
A pieces &c inch Satin
Damask 75c yd
so dozen SIS BIeached
Napkins 800 dOZ.
so dozen SIS Bieached
Napkins, extra $H.5O dOz.
SO dozen Huck Towels IOc each
20 IS I2I-2c
o5 iO-A Il. Red Covers $I.25 each
so IO.A Cream Covers l.25 each
go TurcOman Covers ESQ each
4 lot Butchers Linen l5c yd
4 lot Cream seersucker 5cyd
4 lot Dress Print sc yd
4 lot yd wide brown Cot
ton sc yd
4 lot Dress satines I2 I-2c yd
WOOL BLANKETS.
Rather than 10 pack them
away we shall offer 25
pairs Es-4 Extra Heavy
white Blankets mt 1925 pain
25 pairs l2-1 Fine White
Blank cts mt $500 pair
ALSO
30 pairs Odd Blankets mt about
One-half former price.
The Portland daily press., 1887-04-13
STATE OF M AINE.
Thursday, the 21st day Of April,

BY the advice of the Executive Council 1 do
hereby appoint
The Portland daily press., 1887-04-13
COLORED DRESS GOODS.

ALSO
COIOred Novelties and COmbina.
ton Suifings i'm great varie-
~ OF styles and prices.
The Portland daily press., 1887-04-13

As result Of this arrangement $l00.00(
will be divided among Mr.. Wannamaker':
employees.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-13

The Foraker Land Tax Message
On the fourth page of this issue of
the PRESS, will be found the message
of Gov. Foraker to the Legislature,
dated April 9Th. 1856. the type of
which. all set, was kindly loaned to
Us by Bro. Meharg, of the Republican,
which paper also contains the same in
the weekly edition of Oct. IL, as chal-
lenged. We commend EditorMebarg's
"sand" more than his political sagac.
ity in this matter, for a comparison
between this publication aud the copies
sent ou, by the Democratic State Com.
mittee will show them to be identical
What, then, becomes of the charge so
recently made by the Republican, that
the message sent out by the Commit.
tee was forged" and "garbled?"
Read it, farmers, read it carefully,
and every point heretofore made by
the democi ats against the injustice of
increasing the farmers taxes at once, will
be found fully sustained. Wegive the
Republican credit for its publication and
thank its editor for the use of the type.
The message speaks for itself, and no
intelligent land owner will need any
further argument on the subject.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-13

IL his piece in the Forum" Governor
Fordacr said ii the Democratic party as
returned to power, the country will be
called upon TO pay for the Confederate
cotton seized during the war second, the
emancipated slaves will be paid for il the
Dem1riats remain in power. and finally.
the Confederate deb. will have to be paid
unless the Republicans carry the next
election. Still we all feel safe. When
ever these things are put on foot the
Governor can get out an injunction and
declare that they shall not be don wh,le
he is Governor OF Ohio,-StsateaeiiLe
| Gn>eTfO
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-13

LAST year ia Ohio $4,000 parcels Of
land were sold for taxes, yet notwith :
standing this and the notorious and
almost open concealment of personal
property to avoid taxation, Foraker
wauts q revaluation of Ohle land for
the reason, as he says, that land does
NOT pay its full share of taxation. The
farmers are the men most interested
In this projected change, and it is to
their advantage to see that no addi-
fional burden is placed on their land,
but to ask that increased means OF
reaching concealed personal property !,
and make it pay its share of taxation.
he placed In the hands OF the assessor.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-13

Governor of great State can think it
compatible with pu lie morals, not
merely to wink at such things, but to
encourage the doing of them by ap-
pointing persons to high stations on
condition that they help boost him into
positions still more exalted, it only re-
mains for the people to relegate such a
Governor to that obscurity from which
he ought never to have emerged.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-13

THE prospect of democratic victory
In Ohio grows brighter and brighter.
From every direction comes cheering
and encouraging words, that the dem
ocrats are wide awake and wave of
enthusiasm is sweeping over the
the entire State. Allen @. Thurman.
the Old Roman" has taken the
stump, and will address the people of
Hardin county, at Kenton, October
22d, on the issues of the day. The
party is thoroughly organized and
will do good work at the polls.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-13

THERE ia one thing about the pen
sion business under President Cleve.
land that is worthy of note: The
pensioner does not have to vote the
Republican ticket to get his case con
sidered.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-13


OF the seven doomed Anarchists,
only one is a native born American,
one is an Englishman by birth, and
five are natives of Germany, Albert
r. Parsons the American. is q native
of Texas. He is brother Of Gen. w.
II. Parsons who commanded q brigade
in the Confederate army. Parsons
became Republican soon after the
war, and was enrolled clerk Of the
Twelfth Texas Legislature. General
Parsons was then Texas State Sena.
tor. Both Of the Parsons attempted
to feather their nests during the re
construction era, and the General sue
ceeded. When the Democrats gained
control of the State, Gen. Parsons
moved to New York and Albert set.
tied in Chicago.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-13

Elk GOvERNOR WV. B. WAsHBURN
of Springfield. Mass. dropped dead on
the platform of the city hall in that
city, the 9th inst. at the morning ses.
sion of the Board of Foreign Missiona.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-13
FORAKER FLOORED.
He Fathers the Land Tax Message,
Gives the Lie to Cappeller,
and then Lies About 1t
Himself.
The Windy and Willy, but Weak and
WabbIing Governor Caught
in Tight Place.
Not Only Wrote the Message
but, by q Bill Concocted In
His own Office. Sought
to Give 1t the Force
of Law.

At Wauseon, on the 5th of October,
there were hundreds of farmers present
at Forak RS meeting to hear his de-
tense OF his special message, and after
they heard it they shook their heads
solemnly and went away far from sat
isfed. Many expected to hear him
deny the authenticity OF the message
and declare it forgery. But on the
contrary, he squarely gave the lie to
Capplller and the Republican Execu-
tive Committee and said it was genuine
and h.. still stood by it. He explained
to the farmers that the real object of
the Message was to compel the private
bankers, who were concealing their
property, and foreign corporations to
pay their share OF taxes. As for real
estate why, he insisted that there was
no proposal at all to increase its valua-
tion, but, on the contrary, to reduce it.
The whole point OF his defensive ex-
PLANTATION was that he commenced
reduction in real estate valuation.
And now, says w. A. Taylor, in the
Cincinnati Enquirer, mark how pain
a tale will put him down.
On the 9TH day of April, 1886, he sent
his special message-which Chairman
Cappeller first denounced as Demo-
cratic forgery, and which Governor
Foraker again reatfirmed at Wauseon
was authentic and accurate-to the
Legislature. -~,.s--
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-13
FORAKER'S MOUTH.

FORAKER'S MOUTH.
Ihe Most Marvellous Engine of
Modern Times.
Appreciative Views of its Character
and Capacity.
-
HOW 1T WORKS.
=
= The Sad, Solid South.
81 shall visit tho South and take my mouth
with me. Foraker at Wheeling. -
Hurricanes, riots and floods in galore, "
Earthquakes and fevers and drought;
Awful her past, but her future in store
Has fierce joey u. and his mouth.
Quake, solid South!
Thunderbolts, panics, collisions and fires,
/ And famines and death hath the South;
tires,
It's terrible Joe and his mouth
Squirm, solid South!
Murderers, rapists, the ague and itch,
All Christendom'S plaques hath the South;
She'll wish she had died like dog in a
ditch,
When joey arrived with his mouth.
Fry, solid South!
| CLEVELAND, o., August 30, 1887,
FORAKER had better get out manda-
mus upon his foul and lying mouth
Northeast,
IT is about time that Eoraker's dread
full mouth was laid up for repairs,-
| Mt. Fer1a0n Banner,
FORAKER may have convictions, but
he has a dreadful meuth.-Nerark
.idp0cate.
DID Foraker take his mouth with him
when he lett schuL. on account OF col
ored pupils. Cieretdnd Gh'6e.
FORAKER is ready to be spliced to q
| ide show, as the little man with a
wonderful mouth. Ohio Patriot.
FORAKER, the talking Governor, has
I corns on his tongue and bunions ON his
| ,aw.-OU City Derrick.
WAR has commenced in dead earnest.
| Foraker shot off his mouth at Caldwell,
Ohio, with a loud repOrt,-Ran Vert
| ItBtcs,
If Foraker continues to work his
mouth quite lively Powell's majority
will be mmense.-P Portsmouth Times.
WHAT will Foraker do with his mouth
when the news comes that DWELL has
done up 4 For aker lot?-CIeeeta,Id
Globe.
WHEN Governor Foraker opens that
wonderful mouth of his person has to
60 around behind him 10 see his nose.
Plain Dedler.
WHY iy Foraker like Samson Be
cause lie was mighty in battle and his
chief weapon was the jaw bone of an
ass. Gedugd Record,
The 'jaw bone of an ass" and ''the
cheek of mule" will make dema-
gogue "outen" OF even a Governor.
Lima Democrat. !.
If Foraker really desires a reelection
he should employ tailor to put but
ton ard buttenhole in his lips SO that
hey could be kept shut.
Plain Dealer.
rRAKER has lost his head, and the
Sherman Republicans of the State are
snubbing the young man with the big
mouth. st. Cid6SUiIe Gazette
If Foraker and his mouth both con-
tinue in their usual health until No
vember, Democratic success is assured.
Portsmouth Times.
A CHILD has been born in Belgium
without mouth. Let Foraker send
suti cient supply from his surplus to fix
the child. Eaton Democrat.
FORAKER is fighting for fame, but he
won't win. He is too much of brag-
gart. and his valorous deeds are all the
offspring of his mouth.
S---~ Gallon Lngsirer.I
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-13
UNDER THE HARROW OF DISTRESS.

And it should be horne in mind that
Governor Foraker and the Republican
leaders do not acknowledge that there
was any wrong contemplated in this
bill; they only seek to conceal its plain
meaning by going ON the stump and
trying to explain it away. They do
this because they intend that this bill
shall yet become the law, if the people
commit the suicidal folly of re-electing
Governor Foraker and a Republican
Legislature.
Now will Governor Foraker please
explain why his committee first de-
clared this message forgery, and then
why he is trying to explain it away,
declaring that it meant a decrease in
farm valuation in the face OF this bill,
with all the details of which he is per-
icctly familiar -.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-13

JOHN B. FINCH, of Nebraska. wide
ly known throughout the country as
one of the ablest and most eloquent
advocates of prohibition, was seized
with fit on the evening of Monday,
Sd inst, in the station of the Eastern
Railroad, and died in a few minutes,
in Boston, on his return from Lynn,
Mass, where he had spoken that day
Mr. Finch was most jealous and
loyal leader in the prohibition warfare
against legalizing or tolerating intox
icants as beverage, and at the time
his death was Chairman Of the Ma.
tional Prohibition Committee.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-13

A CHILD has been born in Belgium
without mouth. Let Foraker send
suti cient supply from his surplus to fix
the child. Eaton Democrat.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-13
prmocRArIc COUNTY TICKET.

A METEoRIC stone, weighing forty.
two and one half pounds. and resem
bling iron in appearance. has been
found on Honey Creek near Timn.
A TERRIBLE wreck and holocaust
occurred on the Chicago & Atlantic Is.
R., Tuesday night, 1lth inst, the re-
suit of criminal neglect.the east bound
express being crashed into by fast
freight. Thirty were killed. many OF
the number being roasted and burned
beyond recognition.
CHARLES A. COLLINS & Son, the
extensive and long established manu-
facturers of carriages at Akron, made
an assignment on the 5th inst. Their
liabilities are estimated at $35 600 to
$40, 600; assets, Sis. 500 on real estate
and $12, 600 in personality. About fifty
men were thrown out of employment.
IT is reported that the women in
Philadelphia are paid so cen g dozen
for making shirts, and the majority
are just wild for fear any tinkering
with the tariff will bring them down
with the pauper wages OF Europe.
These women are living high at pres
ent-some in the sixth and seventh
story, and others in the garret.
A MUsKRAT, in digging a hole in
the bank of the canal about q mile
above Nashua, N. H, was the cause
of throwing 5000 employees in the
mills at that place out of employment.
The waters from the canal swept into
the woods, carrying trees and debris
into the Nashua river, causing it to
rise rapidly, and covering it with
yellow foam, neeessitating the mills
TO shut down for an indefinite length
OF time.
DANIEL. YANT. ex Justice Of the
Peace in Canton, was robbed of 500
in gold, silver watch, q sold chain
valued at $50, and revolver, Thurs
day night of last week. Mr.. Yant's
experience with sharpers and burglars
will hardly enable him to satisfactorily
find the square root of all evil in
his figuring with crooks, he having
recently been relieved of $500 by the
fraternity, who roped him into some
Of their myterious methods of the
manipulation of cards through his
fondness for seven-up.
THE employees of Proctor & Gamble,
the well known soap manufacturers of
Cincinnati, numbering over two hun
dred, had great holiday celebration
last Thursday, on the occasion Of the
firm paying it's first semi annual share
of the profits to the workmen. The
shares paid to the men were 133 per
cent. on their wages, which for six
months aggregated $9S,OO0. Some of
the employees of the firm received
as high rs $40. 1t is safe to say that
Proctor & Gamble will not require an
arbitration to settle any strikes or dis
content on the part of their employees.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-13

FORAKER is fighting for fame, but he
won't win. He is too much of a brag-
gart, and his valorous deeds are all the
offspring of his mouth.
,---a~ Gallon Lnqsirer,I ,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-13
The Press for $3.50 a Year,

DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
For Governor,
THOMAS Z. POWELL.
For Lieutenant Governor.
DEWITT c. GOODMAN.
For Judges of Supreme Court.
n,ong Term LYMAN Il. CRITCHFIELD.
(short Term) VIRGIL P. KLINE.
For Auditor of State.
EMIL KIEsEw ETTER.
For Treasurer of state.
GEORGE W. HARPER.
For Attorney General.
W. II. Lent.
Member Board of rublic works.
EDw ARD CLARK.
DEMOcRATIC COUNTY TICKET.
For Representative.
NATHANIEL 5. oLIN. of streetsboro'.
For Clerk of Courts.
GEORGEF. DOUTHITT, of Ravenna.
For Probate Judge.
w. b. MCCONNELL. of Garrettsville.
For Treasurer.
MORRIS 8. CHAPMAN. Of Brimfeld.
For Surveyor.
Ell. BOGUE, of Rootstown.
For Commissioner.
JOSEPH DIVER, of Desrfeld.
For Director of Infrmary.
FRANKLIN WILLARD. OF Franklin.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-13
MRS. A. 4. PARSONS.
Sherin's Proclamation.

DROCLAMATION is hereby made 10 all
III qualihed voters of Portage Coun y, Ohio,
that general election will g held as required
by law. on
Tuesday, NOvemb ber 8, A. ID. 1887,
at the several places of holding elections In
said County and state. between the hours of six
o. clock A. M and six O'Clock r NJ of said day,
at which time the following officers will be
chosen:
One Governor;
One Lieutenant Governor;
One Supreme Judge, long term;
One Supreme Judge. short term;
One Auditor of state;
One State Treasure;
One Attorney General;
One Member of Board of Public Works;
Two State Senators, Twenty fourth and
Twenty Sixth Districts.
FOR COUNTY OFFICES.
One Representative;
One Clerk of Courts;
One Probate Judge;
One Treasurer;
One Surveyor;
One Commissioner;
One Inhrna ary director.
Notice is also hereby given to the Trustees of
the several Townships in said County and State,
that the following Is the Anuual Apportion-
ment and number of Jurors which they are re
quired to return to the Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas:
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-13

If Foraker and his mouth both con-
tinue in their usual health until No
vember, Democratic success is assured.
Portsmouth, Times.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-13

,RAKER has lost his head, and the
Sherman Republicans of the State are
snubbing the young man with the big
mouth. st. Cld6suiHe Gazette.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-13

amount, containing the same conditions,
with the same oath i'll lorsed thereon,
and with the like surety to the said
Board OF Tax Commissioners required
by law OF District Assessors of districts
not in such cities, his Office shall there
by be vacated; and all vacancies occur
ring in such offices shall be filled by ap-
pointments made by said Board OF Tax
Commissioners, and which bond, with
the oath indOrsed thereon, togetheriwith
the approval thereof by said Board,
shall be filed with the County Auditor
and his receipt taken therefor, and filed
with the other papers belonging to the
files of said Board.
Section 21SGb. The Assessors ap-
pointed in pursuance of the provisions
of the next preceding section shall have
the same powers perform the same
duties and be liable to the same penal
ties for misconduct in Office or the nom
performance of their duties as Real Es-
tate Assessors elected in districts out
side of such cities"
This is the complete and irrefutable
answer to Governor Forakers new
claim, that he did not favor an increase
in the valuation of real estate. If he
did not himself write this whole bill, he
at last approved every line of it, before
it was offered in the House by the
recognized leader of his party.
Section 1872. above given, not only
proposes to increase the valuation OF all
real estate, but provides for is
ABSOLUTE CoNFIsCATIoN.
1t is to be placed upon the tax dupli-
cate at the very highest price any other
TRAIT OF land can be sold in the neigh
borhool upon favorable terms made
between buyer and seller. The prices
obtained at public vendue or Sheriff 8
sale is not to be considered, but the
very highest price obtained at private
sale is to fix the taxable valuation of
all the land in the neighbor hood.
l appeal to farmers if this would not
bankrupt them in less time than ten
years and force them to sell their farms
to meet their taxes =? Yet this section
was prepared in response to Governor
Foraker's Henry George message"
and was fully approved by him, as were
supplementary sections 21S6 and 2786
b, disiranchising every real estate owner
in cities of the first and second classes.
Governor Foraker's message and this
bill are twins; they emanate from the
same source, and if the bill had passed
the Legislature, as it was proposed to
pass it. with a rush, the agricultural
lands would to-day be
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-13

Given under my hand. at Ravenna, this 2lst
day of September, a. ID. 1887.
Il. t SHELDON, Sheriff
1886 Portage County. Ohio,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-13

WHEN Governor Foraker opens that
wonderful mouth of his person has to
60 around behind him 10 see his nose.
PLAIN Dealer.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-13

WHAT will Foraker do with his mouth
when the news comes that | DWELL has
done up Foraker lot?-Cleeeta,.d
Globe,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-13

IF Foraker continues TO work his
mouth quite lively Powell's majority
will be immense Portsmouth Times.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-13

WAR has commenced in dead earnest.
Foraker shot off his mouth at Caldwell,
Ohio, with loud report,-Fan Vert
TtHtrs
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-13

THE 'jaw bone of an ass" and 'the
cheek of mule" will make dema-
gogue "outen" OF even a Governor
Lima Democrat.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-13

If Foraker really desires a reelection
he should employ tailor to put but
ton ard buttenhole in his lips SO that
hey could be kept shut.
Plain Dealer,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-13

WHY iy Foraker like Samson Be-
cause lie was mighty in battle and his
chief weapon was the jaw bone of an
ass. Geauga Record.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-13
Penn'a Agricultural Works.

steam Engines, Saw Mills. Hay Presses,
Stump Pullers and Standard Agricultural
Implements generally. Send for Catalogue
A.. FAR0uaAR q SON, York. Pa.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-13

FORAKER, the talking Governor, has
corns on his tongue and bunions on his
,aw.-OH City Derrick.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-13

FORAKER is ready to be spliced to a
ide show, as the little man with a
wonderful mouth. Ohio Patriot.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-13

DID Foraker take his mouth with him
when he lett schuL. on account OF col
ored pupils. CiereIdIad Gh'te.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-13
THE SALIENT FEATURES

THE 5ALlhNT
OF that message related to an immediate
reva uation and increase Of the taxable
value OF rel estate. Among other re-
concentrations were the following:
l. "Unless the tax rate or the vaiua-
ton of property is INCREASED the
casual deficiencies will continue and
grow larger without power to provide
for them"
2, "The valuation Of real estate rarely
exceeds rs per cent, aud ranges down
ward from that point as low as % per
cent. OF it's true value, while personal
property Ia valued all the way IRON its
true value down to nothing. In fact
the great majority of the personal
property of the State is not returned,
but entirely and fraudulently withheld
from taxation"
8. ut is recommended, therefore, that
a rpmluGt;0n be had at once, instead of
waiting for the next decennial valuation
in 1890"
These recommendations are clear,
exp.i H.. and have unconditional re-
ference to
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-13

We will not attempt to describe our
stock, or quote many prices, but will
make prices that will please every body
make business lively, and